Stevenage Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

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The Stevenage property market recorded 1,009 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £340,000. This places Stevenage £105k below the Hertfordshire county median of £445,000, and £55k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Stevenage have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +1.5%. Within Hertfordshire, Stevenage ranks 9th by price out of 9 principal towns, and 5th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Stevenage median prices moved from £327,750 in Q3 2024 to £350,000 in Q4 2025, a change of +6.8% over 5 quarters. Stevenage has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Stevenage Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Stevenage, approved 24 residential planning applications and refused 5 in the last 12 months, with 9 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 83%.

Those applications propose around 450 homes, an estimated £145.0m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Stevenage vary significantly by type. The table below compares Stevenage prices with Hertfordshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Stevenage command £550,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £200,000. The £350k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 5 new-build sales in Stevenage for the past 12 months, 0.5% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Stevenage.

Across the wider Hertfordshire market, 127 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Hertfordshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Stevenage, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £150,000 to £775,000 illustrates the breadth of the Stevenage market.

For developers considering Stevenage, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £340,000 and detached homes at £550,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Stevenage with a GDV of £550,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £357,500 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 1.5% year-on-year, Stevenage presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Stevenage's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Hertfordshire:

For the full Hertfordshire town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Hertfordshire property market report.